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Persons suffering from peripheral neuropathy experience numbness and tingling in their hands and feet.
This can cause difficulty in walking, climbing stairs and maintaining balance. Gait abnormality that results from chemotherapy is generally temporary in nature, though recovery times of six months to a year are common.
Specific abnormalities and examples of causes
Antalgic gait
User favors certain motions to avoid acute pain. *Drunken gait
Reeling in a style like that of an intoxicated person. *Festinating gait/Parkinsonian gait
Patient moves with short, jerky steps. Term derives from Latin "festino", or "to hurry". *Pigeon gait
Torsional abnormalities. *Propulsive gait
Stiff, with head and neck bent. *Steppage gait/High stepping gait
Toes point down. *Scissor gait
Thighs scrape against each other. [http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-120586227&linkID=208&cook=yesSensory ataxia gait/Stomping gait
Uncoordinated walking *" target="_blank" >[http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb29285.htmSpastic gait
Asymmetric foot dragging. [http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/abbreviationsandterms/g/Gait.htmTrendelenburg gait
- weakness of the abductor muscles of the lower limb, principally gluteus medius
Waddling/Myopathic gait
Walking like a duck. [http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=147849232&linkID=209&cook=yesSee also
External links
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